Ryan Feldmann U.S History‚ 1st hour 2/21/2013 Leisure activities of the Progressive/Gilded era During 1894‚ through 1915‚ Americans began to have more leisure time than their predecessors.* The main reason for this was industrial employers decreased working hours‚ and cut the work time on Saturdays in half.* Vacations began to be offered to workers as a gift from their employers‚ although most vacations at this time were unpaid. The workers soon became overworked. During the time of shortened
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Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 9‚ 1861 in an affluent family in the Jorasanko Mansion in Kolkata. His parents were Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta‚ India into a wealthy Brahmin family. After a brief stay in England (1878) to attempt to study law‚ he returned to India‚ and instead pursued a career as a writer‚ playwright‚ songwriter‚ poet‚ philosopher and educator. During the first 51 years of his life he achieved some success
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Guillermo E. Tolentino Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (24 July 1890 – (?) 1976) is a Filipino sculptor who was named National Artist for the Visual Arts in 1973. He is hailed as the “Father of Philippine Arts.” Tolentino sculpted the University of the Philippines’ most recognizable emblem‚ the UP Oblation‚ as well as the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City. Guillermo E. Tolentino was born on 24 July 1890 in Malolos‚ Bulacan. His parents were Isidro Tolentino and Balbina Estrella. Tolentino first
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Armenian Genocide The Armenian genocide was a horrible genocide that lasted between 1915 to 1923. During World War I‚ killing Armenians was the official policy of Ottoman rulers‚ who suspected Armenians of supporting Imperial Russia‚ one of their longest standing rivalries. The Armenian genocide was initiated by the Young Turks government of World War I. In 1915‚ over two hundred prominent‚ educated‚ and influential Armenian leaders of Constantinople were arrested and soon after were cruelly executed
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Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on April 5‚ 1856. He was an African-American educator‚ author‚ and advisor to Republican presidents. He was a dominant leader in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Representative of the last generation of black American leaders born in slavery‚ he spoke on behalf of the large majority of blacks who lived in the South but had lost their ability to vote by the southern legislatures. While his opponents called‚ his powerful
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Before 1890‚ The United States had few clear consistence’s of foreign policies‚ but in 1905‚ the Philippines‚ Guan‚ Hawaii‚ Puerto Rico there were dramatic changes in Americas roll in foreign affairs. Theodor Roosevelt entered the presidency with definite ideas of the place of United States in the world. He and McKinley expanded America’s role in world affairs. He would divide the nations of worthy to protect or not protect by categorizing them civilized or barbarians. Cuba was the United States
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Executive Summary This article discusses the relevance and validity of Frederick W. Taylor’s contributions to Management theory and practice from the perspectives of the past‚ present‚ and future. In addition‚ we compare Taylor with selected scholars and industrialists. While some authors may question Taylor’s contributions and debate his relevance‚ we believe that he has earned his title of Father of Scientific Management. Taylor’s Scientific Management principles and practices have had a profound
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the federal level and to press for more extensive institutional changes‚ such as the granting of property rights to married women. Stone created the American Woman Suffrage Association‚ which aimed to secure the ballot through state legislation. In 1890 the two groups united under the name National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In the same year Wyoming entered the Union‚ becoming the first state with general women’s suffrage (which it had adopted as a territory in 1869). As the pioneer
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Washington vs. DuBois Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois had different views on how they were going to work towards equality for blacks. Booker T was the dominant african american leader from 1890 to 1915. Dubois graduated from Harvard University and was the leader of the Niagara Movement. Booker T wanted the blacks to work for their equality. “No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must
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fellow African Americans from 1877 to 1915. Booker T. Washington was stronger on living in the moment‚ and making good then‚ when he could. W.E.B. Du Bois‚ wanted to make sure the future was acceptful of blacks. Body Paragraph 1: Topic sentence: Education within the white society was much more prominent than in the black society. -In 1890‚ 60% of the whites‚ 5-19 years old attended school and only 33% of the blacks did. - Between the years of 1890 and 1910‚ the illiteracy for blacks went
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